Biodegradable Polymers: Market Trends You Need To Know—With Interview
Topics: Plastics
An Ocean Cleanup Project You Need To Know Part 2
Our last blog introduced you to the Benioff Ocean Initiative (BOI), an organization that works to ensure a healthy ocean for future generations through a wide variety of ocean cleanup projects.
Topics: Plastics
An Ocean Cleanup Project You Need To Know Part 1
In our last blog, we introduced you to several companies leading the ocean recyclable plastics market. A particularly successful organization is The Ocean Cleanup Project, headed by a team of Dutch scientists.
Topics: Environment, Plastics
The abundance of trash in the ocean is a problem most of us, are aware of. While awareness is a necessary step in finding a solution, there are already many companies taking an innovative approach to this environmental issue.
Topics: Plastics
The plastic industry is shifting due to the growing awareness and demand of environmentally friendly and reusable material. Manufacturers have started to focus on bioplastics, as a way to both market themselves as planet-friendly while adhering to government regulation.
Topics: Plastics
What You Need to Know About Self-Healing Polymers
Self-healing polymers are an artificially developed polymer that are capable of repairing damage to a variety of building materials on their own, without the need of human intervention.
3 Things Driving the Flexible Green Packaging Market
The demand for bioplastic or green polymer packaging—material produced from biomass and/or material that is biodegradable—is on the rise and is expected to grow more than 7% annually through 2023.
Topics: Plastics
In 2017, about 140 billion pounds of plastic are recycled annually around the world and 60% were from post-consumer sources, i.e. waste from end consumers that was discarded and not made into another product. Examples include tissues, packaging, human and animal waste, and broken or outgrown items.
Topics: Plastics
Plastic – a material found within an abundance of everyday products ranging from water bottles to polyester clothing – is not going anywhere despite its massive presence in landfills, on the sides of roadways, and floating in oceans and lakes.
Topics: Plastics
The History of Plastics and Plastics Additives
Topics: Plastics